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[Book Review] Adonis Vidu, The Same God Who Works All Things
Vidu, Adonis. The Same God Who Works All Things: Inseparable Operations in Trinitarian Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2021. Book Review Adonis Vidu is a professor of Christian Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. Part of his formation is from a Romanian Baptist background. Vidu completed his PhD from the University of Nottingham.…
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[Book Review] Keith Whitfield, Trinitarian Theology
Whitfield, Keith S. Editor. Trinitarian Theology: Theological Models and Doctrinal Application. Brentwood, TN: B&H Academic, 2019. Editor’s Bio In the publication year of this book, Keith Whitfield was associate professor of Christian theology and vice president for academic administration at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, where he also served as Provost and dean of…
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[Book Review] Matthew Barrett, Simply Trinity
Barrett, Matthew. Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2021. Author’s Bio The doctrine of God the Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is at the very heart of Christianity. However, Matthew Barrett argues that there has been a drift from the classical understanding of the Trinity. During the…
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[Book Review] Scott Swain, The Trinity: An Introduction
Swain, Scott. The Trinity: An Introduction. Short Studies in Systematic Theology. Edited by Graham A. Colle and Oren R. Martin. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2020. Author’s Bio Scott Swain is the President and Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. Currently, he is the President-elect and Program Chair of the Evangelical Theological…
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Recent Published Writings of JP Arceno
“Visio Dei, Vision Pro: Beatific Vision and Technological Singularity,” Liberty Theological Review Vol. 9, no. 1 (August 2025): 144-166. Abstract: This paper offers a retrieval of the classical Christian theology of beatific vision. The reason behind this is the challenges posed by the progress of digital technology, including Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and robotics, which…
Top 10 Books I’ve Read in Year 2024
Before sharing my top 10 books list, I would like to express my gratitude in writing and praise God for allowing me to finish all my PhD coursework seminars last year. In the Spring of 2024, I took a Christology seminar under Dr. Malcolm Yarnell and an Ecclesiology seminar under Dr. Madison Grace. During the…
Top 10 Books for the Year 2023
I have been sharing the top 10 books (that I believe are must-read ones) I’ve read since 2020. For this year, most of the books listed are the ones required readings for my PhD seminar classes. In Spring 2023, I took Historical Methodology under Dr. Robert Caldwell, and Contemporary Theology under Dr. Malcolm Yarnell. In…
Top 10 Books I Read in 2022
Like in 2020, I have been reading academic books in theology, church history, and related subjects since August 2022. Once again, the transition from pastoral to seminary-focus reading was due to my acceptance into the Ph.D. program at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Nevertheless, unlike 2020 which focused on academics, and 2021…
Top 10 Books I’ve Read in 2021
The Year 2021 was a transitional year for me; from seminary academic setting to pastoral ministry. After finishing ThM in Dec 2020, I was called by God to become an Interim Pastor of UCBC in New Jersey. Thus, my reading time was limited compared to 2020. In 2020, I was able to read 90 books;…
Top 10 Books I Had Read in 2020
The year 2020 had been a reading year for me. I have read a total of 90 books plus various journal articles, primary sources, and chapter titles. My short reviews are mostly posted on Goodreads.com. I listed below my top 10 books that I have loved the most, given an opportunity, will love to read…
Virtual Preaching: A Digital Theology
When the world experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, the church transitioned immediately to digital networks, virtual spaces, and hybrid or phygital (Physical + Digital) experience. Most of the churches accepted and practiced Facebook Live, YouTube streaming, and Zoom meetings as an alternative for meeting regularly especially for preaching purposes. This article explores the history of virtual…
King David’s 7 Principles of Giving
The context is King David praising God through giving during the initial phase of building the temple. His heart was full of joy that giving was a natural overflow for God’s future kingdom. When it comes to giving to the church, I think the challenge is not how much we can give but how we…
Christians in a Post-Truth Digital Age
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH” (emphasis mine). John 1:14 (NIV) Filipino theologian Anthony Dela Fuente, aka Dr. Bong (2022), noted that Christians ought to be truth-tellers in…
The Danger of the Seven (7) Digital Sins
Our hearts are indeed broken, wretched, and tainted by sin (Jer. 17:9). Only God can search the inner parts of it and cleanse. Likewise, telling lies should never be an option for Christians. We have learned last week how Christ becomes our freedom in truth and liberates us from the bondage of deceit, lies, and…
“It is good to read the lives of holy men; and the more holy they have been the better… Read the lives of good men—the lives of such men as God has distinguished for gifts, and graces, and usefulness.”
— Andrew Fuller (1754-1815)
A Biographical Sketch of John Calvin (1509-1564)
John Calvin was born in Noyon, France on July 10, 1509. His parents were Gerard Cauvin and Jeanne. Gerard remarried after Calvin’s mother died. Still, young Calvin experienced and felt genuine motherly love from his stepmother. When Calvin was twelve years old, he got a benefice from the bishop of Noyon where his father works…
A Biography of Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
Richard Baxter was born on November 12, 1615, in Rowton, Shropshire, England.[1] His parents were Richard and Beatrice. Baxter’s life as a kid was not that decent. His basic education was a disappointment; he had four different schoolmasters who were oblivious, two of whom were immoral.[2] Still, Baxter’s spirituality was not left out. Richard, his…
A Biographical Sketch of Thomas Manton (1620-1677)
Thomas Manton was born in 1620 at Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset.[1] Manton spent most of his life in Oxford for his studies and London for ministry. Many remembered Manton as “the king of preachers” during his lifetime. Even the prince of preachers Charles Spurgeon (d. 1892) commended Manton’s sermons on Psalm 199; he said, “There…
Biography of Richard Sibbes (1577-1635)
Richard Sibbes was born in Tostock, Suffolk, four miles from Bury St. Edmunds, in 1577.[1] He is the eldest son of Paul Sibbes and Joane. His father was a wheelwright who hoped Sibbes would be in the same field of occupation. Instead of following the footsteps of his father, young Sibbes, out of love for…
A Biography of Charles Simeon (1759–1836)
Charles Simeon, the youngest son of Richard and Elizabeth Hutton, was born on September 24, 1759, in Reading, Berkshire.[1] Simeon’s father was a practicing attorney, while his mother, however, died soon after his birth. Simeon studied with his brothers, John and Edward, at Eton, who later became prominent in their fields respectively in the legal…
Ten Things Andrew Fuller noted on Being a Pastor: A Reflection
When I studied under Dr. Michael Haykin’s class in Baptist History, one of his super-many requirements was to read a book about a Baptist minister during the eighteenth century plus to write a reflection about it. There were options either to choose Samuel Pearce or Andrew Fuller’s work. I chose Samuel Pearce’s works:* letters to…
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